Monday, April 29, 2013

Guest Post & Giveaway: Fatal Intent by Ryshia Kennie

I'd like to welcome Ryshia Kennie to Viviana, Enchantress of Books.

We're very happy to have you with us today!

In Fatal Intent, the sexual tension between Garrett and
Aidan begins as soon as they meet. Aidan
is immediately attracted to Garrett. She
is an unexpected element in the jungle – female and in charge of a group of men
who are weak in their own ways. While
Garrett, appears, even in crisis, to be an attractive, confident woman. But it is her struggle to control the
situation and her in the face anger at him that draw him, creating a battle of
“can’t have” versus “I want”.

Her perfume was making him pay
attention to things he had no right to notice. How she curved in all the right
places, softly, subtly, nothing overblown, nothing too much or too little. How she’d fit perfectly beneath his arm, how
. . .

“How much longer?” she murmured, her
voice for him alone, and that was almost more seduction than he could bear,
especially with that damn perfume. Tantalizing, soft, sexy wafts with every
breath. Why the hell was she wearing perfume?

“You’re wearing perfume,” he
gritted. Idiot, why had he said that?

“Perfume? Don’t be utterly
ridiculous!”

Damn, could this get any worse?

He immediately fights the reaction of his body pitting it in
an ongoing argument with his logical self and this battle increases the
tension. We see that he wants Garrett
and we also see all the reasons he can’t have Garrett. The sexual tension is heightening and
they’re both aware of it and both dancing around it for their own reasons.

He was the first man in a long time
who made her think about things she would rather not. Against all logic, she
would like nothing better than to haul him into the jungle and have her way
with him. Stroke that sun-gilded skin
until he moaned his surrender, taste the silky maleness of him . . .

They were ridiculous thoughts, as
out of place as everything else that had happened in the last twenty-four
hours. And that realization only added
to the feel of a walking dream as she found herself drifting down the steps
until she stood at the edge of the river.

“Sleep well?” The disembodied voice
came from a stand of brush.

It was as if her thoughts had
conjured him. “What are you doing here?”

“I live here.” Aidan grinned.

“I don’t suppose I can get a good
cup of coffee?” Yeah, that was classic, Garrett, ask for coffee in the jungle.
Good move.

At first Garrett uses anger as a defense against an
attraction she doesn’t expect and one of course that deters her from her goal
that is already way off track. But soon,
anger isn’t enough – the attraction starts to come to the forefront.

It becomes a dance between the two as the heat builds
through a game of attack and retreat, barbs and innuendos. It’s the desire and the wanting that adds
sexual tension.

Every story is different as far as how much sexual tension
exists between the lead characters.
Sexual tension almost always builds through a cat and mouse style game
that plays with desire. But what
transpires out of those growing desires and how fulfillment is attained or not
attained or attained and taken away, is a combination of so many things, the
personality of the hero and heroine, the circumstances, their cultural
background, the setting and even the timeframe of the story. But always, the characters lead off – they
have to, it’s their story.

In a book to be released this summer, a suspense set in
Cambodia, there is an intense connection between the hero and heroine from the
beginning and the story sprawls over enough time to allow for a deep and
layered sexual tension and all sorts of reasons why this cannot be. But he is aware of her in ways that are almost
intuitive and the passion – well it get’s pretty hot under a tropical sun.

Fatal Intent By Ryshia KennieSynopsis: An expedition into the Borneo rain forest is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for entomologist Garrett Cole. It’s this trip that could finally make her a star in her field. But when her team’s guide is found dead and headless on the banks of the river, Garrett’s dream trek suddenly becomes a nightmare. Lost in the heart of the jungle, she must fight to maintain her composure while leading a panicked team of scientists to safety.When sexy and rugged Aidan arrives in the jungle looking as if he belongs, Garrett has no choice but to accept his help. But Aidan is more than she bargained for—a man of few words and fewer answers, as comfortable in the jungle as the mysterious native tribesmen. And as the days pass and passion flares between them, Garrett wonders if Aiden’s good intentions are just another of the jungle’s illusions.In a land rife with predators and a killer still on the loose, can she trust the one man who claims to be their rescuer?

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About the Author

Ryshia Kennie
is the author of two published romances.
From the Dust, is a romance set during the Great Depression. Her second book, Ring of Desire, was set
against a backdrop of magic and mystery, in medieval England. An award winning author, her recent novels
now focus on suspense and women’s
fiction – always with a hint or even a dollop, of romance. The Canadian
prairies are home where she lives with her husband and one opinionated Irish
Terrier.